Lately I Keep Dreaming of You

Was everything make-believe
The truth that I didn’t see
I wish we could play pretend
And not have things to end.

Just like before
When it was you and me
I didn’t have to walk out this door
Alone, going crazy –

Can we play pretend
That things don’t have to end
And it’s you and me
Cause baby,
I miss you so much.

Steps

I count the steps – down this country road
I’m starting to forget, all that I have known
But I’m thinking that I can be fine
As the time slowly slips on by

Though I know a lot of your foreign woes
I had wished for you not to go
Cause it’s been a good while
Since I’ve seen your smile
How I missed it so–oh

And now I’m standing out here alone
I am lost, not knowing where to go
Woah~
I stand here alone, outside your door
I knew I had wanted to be yours
From the day I had met you

Cause everything you have said
All the words swimming in my head
Had been the truth
How I wished for you
Woah~

I listen to the night skies
Asking favours of them
Asking them, if you are fine
As this feeling just overwhelms
And I know that someday I’ll be fine
As the time slowly slips on by
Even the days that you aren’t mine

A.B.L.E.

I walk by and a gentle breeze
Carries my eyes and they see
Into the past
Where petals slowly drift down as I recall
Back when I first met her, in the brisk fall
How her skirt swirls as she spins
How her dress sways in the wind
And the giggles
The laughter
The words ever after
Never more heard

I close my eyes and recall
How, on first thought,
She was like a porcelain doll
And her closet of shoes
Each one begging to
Contain her cute little feet
As she dances down the streets
To places unknown

No wait
Scratch that
Must have been jeans
And a tank top
The one calling all the shots
In court
Bring down her gavel
As I shout objection

No, no, wait
That’s not how it goes.

Her warm chocolatey eyes
As they look into mine
The way her smile twinkles
As if trying to hold in
The funniest news ever heard

So confused.
So conflicted.
Who the fuck are you talking about?

I would have let you leave

Inspired by Katie Herzig's line, "I would've let you leave" in Static Waves. Amazing song.
Some parts probably sound familiar, probably cause I've had this awesome song on loop.

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Doesn’t matter if I didn’t want to
I would have let you leave
But do tell me
Of your foreign victories
When we’re miles apart
In distance and the heart

I trace the steps
To the day
Where we parted
Cause I count the steps
From where I am
And where we started

I know you’ll never understand
But try to follow with me
If you can

If you can try
I wouldn’t mind
I want to tell you
I wished you mine

Cause here I stand
Even if it’s just sentimentally
I would have let you leave
Here’s the key that I still hold faithfully

I held your hand
When mine were shaking
I kissed your lips
When they were quivering

But now you need
Someone to be
Something better than me
I would have let you leave

But I’m begging for you not to leave

Everything I Say or Do

[Verse 1]
And everything I say or do
Just ends up reminding me of you
Can’t go on like this – no more woah

Just feeling a little out of touch
But I’m afraid to say too much
Oh please don’t – walk out the door

[Chorus]
Cause I don’t want see you leave
But as I grab my hat,
You go and grab your keys
I try to stop you in the doorway –
With words that I didn’t know
How to say…
How to say~

[Verse 2]
Cause every night when I close my eyes
Ready for sleep to take my life
Can’t go on like this – no more oh

This feeling of lonesome blues
It’s me afraid of losing you
Oh please don’t – walk out the door

[Chorus x2]
Cause I don’t want see you leave
But as I grab my hat,
You go and grab your keys
I try to stop you in the doorway –
With words that I didn’t know
How to say…
How to say~

Cause I don’t want see you leave
But as I grab my hat,
You go and grab your keys
I try to stop you in the doorway –
With words that I didn’t know
How to say…
How to say~